The EEOC Hates These Apples!
There is a great scene in a very old movie, The Jerk, where a crazed killer is shooting at Steve Martin's character. Steve is working [...]
California High Speed Rail: How to Defer Paying Income Tax on the Sale of Your Property
Partner, Bob Fishman, recently finished writing an article on the tax aspects of having your real property condemned by the High Speed Rail Authority to [...]
FEHA Disability Regulations — Invitation to Our Legal Beagle Bagel Breakfast Training Course
The DFEH disability regulations were modified effective December 30, 2012. These are the first changes since 1996. Disability complaints now comprise 57 percent of the [...]
Obama’s Proposed Budget: Making the Death Tax More Deadly
So much for the "permanent" tax law changes that were just enacted a few months ago. President Obama's new budget now includes an increase in [...]
The Impact of the Private Attorneys General Act on Employment Claims
In 2004 California enacted the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). (Cal. Labor Code sections 2698 - 2699.5.) The law allows persons to sue on behalf [...]
Occupational Assumption of the Risk
Can an employee assume the risks associated with the job and thus lose the ability to sue a third-party for an injury? That's what a California [...]